habiliment

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Playwright Dorranee Davis has woven an ancient habiliment for his modern comedy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fever departed, and Dr. Trefusis now in health, he walked abroad, dressed in his stolen habiliment, swinging a cane like a beau of the first fashion.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The old part of the town, fiercely antebellum, rested in the stillest slackwater celebration of itself, in the habiliment of azaleas cutting into shadows with a soft-winged blue, or a deepening ruby.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

This light habiliment constitutes the mountaineers' house and home, rendering him careless of weather by day, and independent of shelter by night.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

This morning he went away, and soon returned improved in habiliment.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon